Goshen College - Maple Leaf Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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iBiHinnz1rg Diameter - Something straight across something round. --I. S. H. D0rmit0ryfA place from which boys are eradicated at 10:00 P. M. Executive Committee-An office created for the spe- cial beneht of the slighted juniors. An Orator--UA. C. Ramseyer, the most ghastly, yell- ing fellow you ever heard. -M. E. H. Field-glass-A machine to getia good view of Sun- day-afternoon-birds. --E. Z. Flunke A failure in rising above 'C' level. Reading-room- A good place to have a 'blowout'. - 11. A. G. A Gear-Strong butter. Your Den-The best place to be about IOZOO P. M. Pie--A noun, fobsoletey. In earlier times used as a luxurv. but now is verv seldom seen at the College. Freight-trains- Good things to give us a rest in the English class. Oats- The thing that makes horses in the country and students at the College. The Oetavea-Eight boys rooming at the Kauffman homeg not to be superseded in any respect, espe- cially in philosophy, taffy, sleighrides, ice cream and new hats. The Woods-A school established for the study of nature . Office ofthe Preceptress-An elegant place for two' of a kind to alleviate heart aches.

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Uhr Elkhart Elnatitutv Alumni Ananriaiinn OFFICERS President-Orie C. Yoder Vice President-Guy H. Rutt Treasurer-Frank S. Ebersole Recording Secretary-Lulu Greenwait Corresponding SecretaryAFannie Cotfman BOARD TERM EXPIRES 1904 TERM EXPIRES 1905 TERM EXPIRES 1906 Orie C. Yoder Frank S. Fbersole , Guy H. Rutt Solomon F. Gingerich Isaiah XY. Royer Bessie Landis john S. Umble jonathan M. Kurtz David B. Zook EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Orie C. Yoder Guy H. Rutt jonathan M. Kurtz Frank S. Ebersole Fannie E. Colfman

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SALUTATORY ADDRESS BY I-I. F. REIST I I I N the midst of the daily activities and ceaseless demands of life, we as students and friends have assembled on this A occasion. And surely there never was a time when we were more in need of a brief respite in some chosen refuge, some h inviolate sanctuary, from the cares and anxieties of our daily existence, than at this hour, when a moment in life 181 Q meaneth so much. We need a little breathing space occasionally to rest from our anxious thoughts, to free our minds - from the perplexities and solicitudes of a strenuous life. Here we may best hope to find that quietude which we are seeking. This is an age characterized by material progress. It seems as if nothing were left undisturbed in this steady advance. Even this college building with its immediate surroundings, which is dear to us because of its pleasant associations, is not yet free from disturbing iuiiuences. A comparatively short time ago we were anxiously looking forward to the erection of this building. Week after week until the weeks became months we cried to those who stood upon the walls: VVatchmen, what of the night! They answered again and again: The dawn is breaking,-it will soon be day. But night seemed to be gathering around us darker than before. At last we asked no more tidings of the watchmen, for all about us the signs of victory were bursting forth. ln the midst of these activities and changes we, the Class of 190-1, welcome you to these, the graduating exercises of the iirst class to complete the college course as offered by this institution. We have looked forward to this event with pleasant anticipation, not with the thought of having successfully finished a prescribed course of study, but as an event which indicates our entrance into a broader and more useful avenue of life. Our ideals and visions of life advance and widen with greater rapidity than we are able to realize them. New fields of labor and need constantly appear upon our horizon. The little we have accomplished sinks into insignificance compared with that which lies before us. We are thus spurred on towards nobler and grander achievements in life. We glory, not because we have ideals, but that we are from time to time getting higher ideals. And the efforts of realization will cause us much happi- ness and inspiration. Tonight we are gathered together as students, as graduates, as alumni, as instructors, as friends, but above all we are all assembled as American citizens. Welcome then, yea thrice welcome, fellow students, who have shared the trials and pleasures of school life with us. Welcome ye, instructors who guided us in the acquisition of knowledge, and presented to us visions of life beautiful. Welcome ye, who preach service as well as obedience, remembering that the Prince of Life came also to minister. Welcome ye, who are training the youths, to whom our country looks as its future guardians. Welcome ye, who in the various other walks of life are contributing towards the progress and welfare of humanity. In behalf of the Class of 1904, I greet you with a most hearty welcome.